Asian Pop-Up Cinema: Indera - Malaysia

Malaysia | Horror | 2024 | 104 minutes 

In Malay w/ English Subtitles 

Director: Woo Ming Jin 

Screenwriters: Deo Mahameru, Muzzamer Rahman, Woo Ming Jin 

Starring: Shaheizy Sam, Azira Shafinaz, Samara Kenzo, Adlin Aman Ramlie, Ruminah Sidek 

Film Source: Parallax/Midnight Blurs Films

SYNOPSIS:

During the aftermath of the 1985 standoff between villagers and the government's police forces, a father takes his daughter to a house in the countryside in hopes of curing her illness. However, they end up encountering sinister spirits that push their sanity to the edge. 

Rich with cultural and political background, Indera shows a world where real-life horrors are just as terrifying as supernatural forces hiding in darkness. A prolific filmmaker in the arthouse scene, Woo Ming Jin proves his talent in genre filmmaking with a skillfully crafted thrill ride that emphasizes atmosphere and dread over typical jump scares. 

Woo Ming Jin, Director

Woo Ming Jin has the distinction of being the only Malaysian director to have his films screened in Cannes, Berlin, and Venice film festivals. His first film 'Monday Morning Glory (2005) screened at the Berlin and Locarno Film Festivals, while his second, Elephant and the Sea (2007), won awards in Torino, Cinema Digital Seoul, Portugal, and Spain film festivals. Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2009) premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, and has played in Pusan, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and the Pompidou Center in Paris, among many others. The Tiger Factory (2010), only the third film in Malaysian history to be selected to the Cannes Film Festival, premiered at the Director’s Fortnight and won the Special Jury Mention at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2010. He has also directed commercial hits such as KL Zombie, and Zombitopia, which was launched as a Disney+ original film in South East Asia. His most recent film, 'Stone Turtle', was selected in the main competition at Locarno International Film Festival, winning the coveted Fipresci Prize. The film is hailed by Variety as Stunning Mystery That Puts a Supernatural Twiston Real-World Trauma..." (Peter Debruge, Variety). Stone Turtle is one of the most successful South East Asian films of 2022, having been sold worldwide and bought exclusively by Amazon Prime in South East Asia.

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